A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules composed of atoms from more than one element held together by chemical bonds.
Also Read: Edu Periodic Table – An Interactive and Modern Periodic Table
Chemical compounds can generally be classified into two broad groups:
- Molecular compounds – Molecular compounds involve atoms joined by covalent bonds and can be represented by a variety of formulas.
- Ionic compounds – Ionic compounds are composed of ions joined by ionic bonding, and their formulas are generally written using oxidation states.
Below is the list of Common names of few Chemical Compounds:
| 1 | Baking Powder | Sodium Bicarbonate | NaHCO3 |
| 2 | Blue Vitriol | Copper Sulfate | CuSO4 |
| 3 | Bleaching Powder | Calcium Oxychloride | Ca(OCl)2 |
| 4 | Chloroform | Trichloro Methane | CHCl3 |
| 5 | Chalk (Marble) | Calcium Carbonate | CaCO3 |
| 6 | Caustic Potash | Potassium Hydroxide | KOH |
| 7 | Caustic Soda | Sodium Hydroxide | NaOH |
| 8 | Dry Ice | Solid Carbondioxide | CO2 |
| 9 | Epsom | Magnesium Sulphate | MgSO4 |
| 10 | Gypsum | Calcium Sulfate | CaSO4 |
| 11 | Green Vitriol | Ferrous Sulphate | FeSO4 |
| 12 | Heavy Water | Deuterium Oxide | D2O |
| 13 | Slaked Lime | Calcium Hydroxide | Ca(OH)2 |
| 14 | Potash Alum | Potassium Aluminium Sulphate | KAl(SO4)2 |
| 15 | Quick Lime | Calcium Oxide | CaO |
| 16 | Plaster of Paris | Calcium Sulphate | CaSO4 |
| 17 | Mohr’s Salt | Ammonium Ferrous Sulphate | (NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6H2O |
| 18 | White Vitriol | Zinc Sulphate | ZnSO4 |
| 19 | Marsh Gas | Methane | CH4 |
| 20 | Magnesia | Magnesium Oxide | MgO |
| 21 | Laughing Gas | Nitrous Oxide | N2O |
| 22 | Sand | Silicon Dioxide | SiO2 |
| 23 | Sugar | Sucrose | C12H22O11 |
| 24 | T.N.T. | Trinitrotoluene | C7H5N3O6 |
| 25 | Vermelium | Mercuric Sulfide | HgS |
| 26 | Vinegar | Acetic Acid | CH3COOH |
| 27 | Washing Soda | Sodium Carbonate | Na2CO3 |
Note: A molecule consisting of atoms of only one element is therefore not a compound.
